West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-03-17


eternity arise about us, and TN tho soul
and surround H. and sNC,p II out toward
/ rapture or woc, ah, that will bo tho swelling OF
JOrdani' | know people sOmctitnus talk ycry
mCrrly about tho departure from this life. /
! ann sorry 20 hear &C. But men do make fun OF
tho passage from ono world u another BYRON
loSNi a groot deal about it, hut when Il camo
he ~hiVcr'd with horror MANY an inRdcl has
scolct ut the idea of fearing a future world
bui lying upon his pillow IN the last hour his
tc'th have chattcr,d with terror | saw, i'm
Westminster Abbey, nu opitaph which pOot
oIucret 70 Oc nut upou his tnuih:
Life is u list,
And all things show L.
/ thought 50 once
But now | know it,
thought how iu1pt that, in a pla OF sep.
ulChre, mon should try their witticisms 4
| great Gcrmnu having rejected CHRIST I'm bi,
! last moment said "Glvc ma light. give mo
! lisht,' OH we may bo smart with our witt
! Clsm about the last hour; but when it comes
aud tho tides are rising, and tho surf is beat
! ing, and the winds nro howling, Wa will each
one, my brethren, find FOR himself that il is
"thc swelling of Joulnn' Our natural courage
won't hold ont then However familiar we
may have bccn with scenes of mortality
however much we may have screwed our
! courage up, Wa want something moro
than natural resources When the north
east wind blows Off from tho sea
OF death, II viii put ont all earthly lights
Tho lamp OF the Gospel, GOllghtcd, is tho
weakest arm holding that shall not bc con
founded; tho strongest one ~ jccting that shall
! stumble and die When tho jordan rises i'm
its wrath, tho first dash Of It's wave will
| swamp them for ever Wo fOcl how sad IL is
for man 10 nttcmpt this life without ro-
| lgion. We see what dolefu thing it h
| for n man 10 20 down into tho misCorL
! tunes OF life without Christian solaco; but
! N tnat bc 30, how much more terrible when
that man comes face To face with tho solomni-
ties OF tho last hour Oh, II in tho bright sun
shine OF health and prosperity a man felt tho
need OF something better, how will no focl
when the shadows of the last hour gather
above his pillowt II, i'm tho warmth OF
! worldly prosperity, ho was sometimes dis.
mayed, how will hc feel when tho last chill
creeps over hmf IT, while things we're com.
/ p1rativrly smooth Ne was dislmc,od, what
| will hc do in tie agoni,~s ut dissolution OF
| I'M the land of peace i'm which he trusted, thcy
| wcuroi him, what will lac do amid the swell
| ling OF Jordan"
On, / RE- joicc - know that So many of Coils
| cmldrcu have gone through that plss without
| siuddrrl Some ono said tp "A diving Chris
| tlan: isn't 10 hard for YOU % got out Of this
! Worldt "Oh, no. he says, lit IS easy dying,
| n IS blcssod dying, IL is glorious dying" aud
! then he pointCi 10 a clock on tho wall, and he
| said: "Iho last two hours in which have boon
| dying, | have had more joy than all tho years
| OF my life general came into the hospital
| after the battle aud there were many seriously
wounded, and there was ono man dying, aud
] >
! sccm very much wounded j am afraid you
/ are not going TO get WE'LL "Non said tho
/ soldier: 81 am not going TO get well, but !
! feel very hoppyw Oh, have seen them, and
so have you, go out Of this lifo without "A tear
| on their check Thoro was weeping all round
tho room, but no weeping I'm the bed; the
! checks were dry. They were not thrown down
| INTO darkness they were lifted up.
| We saw the tides rising around them.
and the swelling OF tho wave. 10
| washed them Off from the cares and tolls OF
ME, 10 washed them on toward the beach Of
! hraNcn They waved 70 US a farewell kiss rs
they stood on deck, and hoatol down further
amt further, waited 10y gales from heaven,
until they wcre lc.s TO our sight-mortolty
| having become Immortality:
"Litr's duty done, as sinks the clay
Light from it7 load The spirit hics
While heaven aud earth combine 10 say,
How bicst the righteous when ho dics."
What high consolation to YOU that your do
| pHrl friends worc mot suhmergcl in the
swelling 0f Jordan! Tho IsracIits wero just
/ a. thoroughly alive on tho wc tern banks OF
| the Jordan, as they had been on the casturu
blutf oi Tine Jordan, aud Our departed Chris
| lInu Irlsud3 have only crossed over not sick
no. dead. not exhausted, not cXtIuHIi,hel
u'. hIpttad Ju. hut with healthier res p.rn
ton aud stoutcr pIls's, and hoonor cyc5ight,
/ aud better prospect crossed over, their sins,
| t~eir physical AMI mental di,uiet, an left
! clear this side, au etsrnally flowing. mplsyi-
| bic obstacle between thcm aud all human aud
| hands OF con"r1tuiotipu with uli the bnrcavci
| 900 tha consideration that orr departed Christ
uU 'ri auIs ur. .Hfr'
Why was th.r", years ago SD much joy in
! certain circles in New York when people
| heard from their friends who were ON board
! the CITY OF Bruss lsf n was thought that
Nct-'l hld gone ~ the bottom OF the st. and
wUnl tEe friends ON this side heard that thp
| steamer had arrived safely in Liverpool had
suDt Oh. right tp congratulate the people
boo NcH York that their friends had got
safely acrJssf And is 30 not right This
morning that ] congratulate you that
your departed friends are ufe on tho
-H1ro OF h.IscIt Would YOU have thom back
uEuluf Woull you havo those old parents
hIok again. You know how hnrl 10 was some
times for them 90 get their breath boo thn stIned
ntmJ.pharoo of tho summer would yOu have
tIHm back boo our earthly summers or chilled
o, our wiut t.rtf Would youhIyo your children
back uglIu, Would tDu hpyo them
take thc r.k Of temptations which
th-noE every human pathway Would
times lu addition to having crossed h
already cross DC again tO greet yuu now. aul
Chem rrp. bIrk afarH1rl' For certainly Won
w0IId not want ~ keep them forever ont N
b raven. lf they ha li.ol forty or ffty years
longer would they have bfeu stlof Perhaps
-o p.rhnI NOT
"Pauss and weep not FOR tho freed from
pIiu.
But thot tuo s.gh of love would pun them
II'N NtIIH
/ ask pI i0u and thero seems 90 come
back tIa answer bob heavenly echo. What
VIII EuU mover ha .nk ugH.uf. "Nevcrasick
.ugHu Wh1t will yoI never DE tiraI
nZu1. .sr.U.. tlr.I again WHAT will
you urrO. weep uIuiuf" Never. weep
again. What wul you never die agaiuf'
'Nrs.I.f f'Ie.1g1Iu OBJ ye army Of dr
parted kindred we bail YOU from bank io
banks Wait in. u- WHOM Che Jordan of death
snail part fD. Come down and meet us
halfway between tho widowed banks Ji oarsd
aud Doc palm grove 1f heaven
Du Jordan stormy banks dpHd
And cast 80 wi-fiuI rgc
ITO Canaan fair an lb1ppy land
WHHrn my possessions lIo
% DO. transporting. r1piur0us scene
InII rises Ou Wv -ightI
Swoat fields 1rraYed boo living green.
Aud rivers 9. delight"
But there is ono step stIl in advance suo.
gltel hy This subject IN tbIs religion IN
Christ e1 important in lIfo and fJ Import
art Iu tn' last hours Of life how much more
important 10 viii bo in tho great eternity
need not stand here and argue 10 There is
something within your soul that e1y. now.
while ! sue1k III 1m immortal. the etas
shall die Uut ] am immortal You fesI
IIlt your rrHtHUH8 Ou earth De- only
"a small piece off Four being M is ONLY
milo mp To- tho grave but Do
.e tou thousand miles beyond This slab of
tho tomb g only tho milestone on which we
rnfI 0f infinite distance Ynt % De- Travelled